Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 14 EBP 1974 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Go to Synthesised Evidence First
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The idea
Practitioners are encouraged to look for the most synthesised research evidence first — summary clinical texts, guidelines and systematic reviews — before individual studies.
In practice
A question taken to a review before it is taken to a database of trials.
Where people slip
Unit 03 taught this as a search strategy. Here it is a way around the appraisal burden that stops busy clinicians.
Your place on the trail
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